Who Has Actually Met A Pick-Up Artist?

I’ve always been amused by the segment of bloggers who fall under the collective term of “pick-up artists”.

Come on, we’ve all seen these blogs. They’re usually plastered with fly-on-the-wall photos of some muppet living his jetset lifestyle, shirt buttoned down to the ribs and smirk in tow. These are the guys who plead with us to read their tales of how it’s just so easy to hook up with girls. You simply need to follow their four step formula or download a shitty ebook on the “science”.

This was the attitude I had towards said pick-up artists. I basically assumed they were full of shit and got their main sexual kick from knowing a few thousand other no-hopers were subscribed to their RSS feeds.

Well, just a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting one of these illustrious pick-up artists at a marketing conference. To my surprise, he was one of the most down-to-earth and knowledgeable guys I’ve spoken with in recent times.

Now there’s only two reasons why this could be the case.

1. I’m not a female. It’s quite possible that the moment my grizzly unshaven face disappeared from view, he was notching up the charmometer and trying it on with the closest females he could find. Plausible, but I doubt it.

2. He’s not really a pick-up artist at all. Just a good marketer.

Ca-ching.

If you haven’t already guessed it, there’s your answer.

The majority of these guys promoting pick-up artist blogs haven’t dared to try a single technique that they preach as their own. It’s just one big marketing ploy designed to do two things. Firstly, grab your email address. Secondly, to sell you their shit.

That’s the reality. But of course, they’re incredibly successful and some of these pick-up artist bloggers are actually millionaires. I know because I’ve met them and talked to them about their techniques. Not to get a woman to lust after me! But to market to the masses.

It might very well be the lamest form of blog on the Internet. And it might make any guy who’s actually lost his virginity laugh out loud when he stumbles across the promise of a four step path to the holy vagina.

But the true suckers are the fools who believe in these ridiculous sex-Messiah characters and hand over their credit cards or email addresses to “discover the secret”. The rest is just good business.

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